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Photos: Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild

Something always seems to go wrong for the Avalanche’s health just when you think all is going well, and so it continued Tuesday night. On a day that started with surprisingly good medical news about the revelation that has been the recently acquired Steve Downie, the Avs got bad news at the end of their lopsided 7-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. Center Matt Duchene went down with a right leg injury in the third period after being tripped up by the stick of Minnesota’s Nick Palmieri and needed help leaving the ice. Now, the Avs look like they’ll be without one of their top young players for a while again. Duchene appeared to roll his right ankle after Palmieri’s stick tripped him up, but the Avs did not have immediate word on the nature of the injury.